XKG is comprised of 20 personnel: our core executive leadership team, supporting subcontractors and associates, and a lightweight operations/administration function. XKG’s service offering is founded upon five core pillars of advisory functions: Project Management, Information Communication Technology, Logistics, Commercial, and Engineering. Since 2014, XKG has supported customer outcomes ranging from the supply of individual resources to the establishment of integrated teams within highly complex billion-dollar programs. XKG primarily operates within Australia; with representation in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney. We’re also proud to support clients across the world; including New Zealand, Japan, Israel, Poland, the United States of America, and the United Arab Emirates.

XKG and every single one of its hand-picked personnel are driven by customer satisfaction. We’re proud of our spotless reputation for always exceeding expectations and enjoy integrating and delivering side-by-side with our clients.

Dominik Kul

Managing Director

Dom is a highly motivated leader with a proven history of delivery in complex and demanding project environments. He is a result-driven professional, who recognises and embraces the pressure and accountability required to consistently deliver high-quality work. Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills allow him to develop and maintain strong professional relationships.

Dom’s proven delivery across commercial, logistics, acquisition, and technology programs has enhanced his reputation as a transformational leader within the complex Defence and Public Security environments. Following a successful career as an Army Officer specialising in logistics systems, Dominik founded a vibrant business in XKG, now in its 6th year of operation.

Mike Godfrey

Operations Director

Mike has over a decade of consulting experience within private industry and the public sector and has broad knowledge spanning multiple fields including IT, Commercial, Logistics, and Project Delivery. He has specialised in Defence and Security since 2013 with clients ranging from private security contractors, Victoria Police, Department of Defence, Defence primes, ASX top 10s, and multinational corporations.

Mike’s attention to detail, ability to learn quickly, and passion for the cutting-edge makes him responsive to complex and changing requirements whilst his depth of knowledge offers thought leadership of best-practice and industry trends.

Andrew Wood

Director – Strategy

Andrew brings over 25 years experience in developing and running high performing teams to deliver complex projects in a variety of government, military and private organisations. He has intimate understanding of C4ISREW programs, which he developed over 15 years leading the project teams to deliver leading edge Special Forces C4IREW capabilities.

Andrew has extensive experience in the integration of systems onto ground and airborne platforms, both military and civilian registered. This has included consideration of vehicle engineering requirements as well as both military and civilian airworthiness regulations. He has an ongoing professional interest in surveillance data management and remote power solutions for surveillance systems.

Mark Johnston

Director – Program Delivery & Defence

Mark has over 20 years experience in operational and management consulting across government and commercial sectors including Defence and national security, health, telecommunications and utilities. As an experienced program and project manager, Mark lead’s XKG’s Program Delivery and Defence practices. Mark’s breadth and depth of experience in Defence is both in and out of uniform. His delivery experience spans the capability lifecycle in areas as diverse as strategy, logistics, C4ISREW, infrastructure, simulation, capability acquisition and sustainment.

Mark is an experienced board director having lead the board of a national charity and veterans cultural institution for six years as the founding Chairman and CEO (Director) amongst his other senior governance roles.

Carissa Thomson

Director – Director Commercial & Procurement

Carissa is an experienced Government Account Manager, Quality Manager, Commercial Manager, Bid & Tender expert. Since 2015, Carissa was responsible for one of the largest suppliers of contract & consulting services to the Commonwealth Government. 

Carissa knows what a winning bid looks like – and how to put them together to achieve success. This includes familiarity with the diverse ways that different agencies operate or are likely to respond to bids. Carissa is passionate about Continuous Improvement and has guided numerous organisations by developing and implementing Quality systems which has assisted in reducing risks and guided the organisation to success.   

Travis O’Brien

Director – Policing Technology

Travis is an experienced IT and data analytics professional with a successful background in managing and delivering technical projects for the public safety and automotive industries. He has experience working with private and government clients in Australia and overseas, with a primary focus on customer service delivery and exceeding expectations whilst ensuring quality outputs.

Travis possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial internal and external relationships at all levels. He enjoys being a part of, as well as managing, motivating and training a successful and productive team, and thrives in challenging work environments.

Trent Yates

Director – Engineering & Spatial Computing

Trent has extensive leadership, management and consulting experience both within commercial and government/defence areas. As a strategic thinker and long term planner with a background in electronics engineering, operations and project management Trent has the ability to translate operational business goals, needs and other often disparate information into feasible outcomes and subsequently deliver on those outcomes.

Following a successful career in the Navy as a Submarine Officer, Trent has leveraged his technical skills and ability to analyse / understand complex systems to delivery on multiple communications and software development programs, including what he is most passionate about, spatial computing solutions. Trent believes that Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality will have a profound effect on our lives in the future when integrated with Artificial Intelligence.

David McGovern

Director – ERP

David is a business resourcing and client management professional having gained over 10 years’ experience within the domains of Defence, ICT and natural resources. He leads the XKG Business Development activities for the Defence Enterprise Resource Planning program, having secured a team of high performing SAP and Defence legacy system consultants to deliver for the Systems Integrator IBM, of which XKG is a recognised delivery partner. David is also experienced in leadership and project management. In addition to client & account management activities, David can coordinate project team outputs.

Knowledgeable on the implementation, enhancement and through-life support of information systems, David has led the development of unique approaches to meet Defence specific requirements including proposals via the CDIC and has made representation to Government & Defence.